CVE-2018-12015: apple mac_os_x
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-12015 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 7.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2Timeline
- 07-06-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
7.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 7.31% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse8 products
- perl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15< 5.26.1-7.3.1
- perl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15< 5.26.1-7.3.1
- perl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3< 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- perl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS< 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- perl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA< 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
Netapp4 products
Debian2 products
- perl< 5.20.2-3+deb8u11 | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u4 | < 5.26.2-6
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Alpine1 product
- perl< 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.24.4-r1
Apple1 product
- mac_os_x< 10.14.4
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10 | 18.04
Perl1 product
- perl≤ 5.26.2
Redhat1 product
- perl-Archive-Tar< 0:1.92-3.el7
Ubuntu1 product
- perl< 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6 | < 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.5 | < 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.1
9 vendors · 20 products
References
28 links- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlX Refsource MISC
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834X Refsource CONFIRMExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory